Dark Night Singing

Closed up the shop

Headed out the door

One thing I knew for sure

It would be a long drive

Dark night singing.


Watched the sunset fade

Into a star filled sky

Didn’t know why

The tears weren’t forming

Dark night singing.


Opened up the window

Just to cool my face

Imaginary embrace

One last moment

Dark night singing.


And though it’s all over

My mind goes round and round

Upside-down over you

And love fades into darkness

As I round one more bend

On a road to nowhere

Or so it seems to me

Dark night singing.


Then it occurs to me

The rumbling road beneath

Becomes a melody

My soul can parody

Dark night singing…


And the words begin to flow.


And though it’s all over

My mind goes round and round

Upside-down over you

And love fades into darkness

As I round one more bend

On a road to nowhere

Or so it seems to me

Dark night singing.

           D. Wittler